Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.728259+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.37 | 33.5 | 16.47 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.9 | 46.5 | 8.67 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.67 | 31.67 | 8.16 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.25 | 17.67 | 8.03 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.02 | 41 | 4.18 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.94 | 32 | 5 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 29 | 5.05 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.41 | 57.67 | 1.13 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 26.5 | 5.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.1 | 40.33 | 0.88 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.07 | 97.33 | -2.59 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.98 | 24.67 | 2.15 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.97 | 32 | 1.11 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 33 | 0.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.59 | 16.5 | 2.87 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 16 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 36.5 | -2.85 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 17 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.15 | 17.67 | -2.54 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 24.33 | -2.79 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.81 | 9 | -1.42 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 20 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.68 | 17 | -3.12 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.67 | 58 | -7.97 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.36 | 74 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.25 | 63.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.07 | 51.33 | -10 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 25 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.02 | 46.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 62.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.99 | 42 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.99 | 26 | -7.97 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 43 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 63.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Ohio State | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 70 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 37 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.82 | 50.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 37 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 35 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 8 | -5.8 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 36 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.54 | 33.5 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.54 | 34 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.28 | 22.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | California | Pacific | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 22.21 | 12.6 | -10 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 40 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.17 | 19 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 41 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.13 | 17.5 | -10 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 42 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.08 | 17 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 43 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.77 | 3 | -6.38 | 1.51 | -0.51 |
| 44 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 21.75 | 5 | -7.59 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
| 45 | Washington | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.38 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.27 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.97 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.76 | 64.5 | -10 | 4 | -1 |
| 49 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.48 | 18.67 | 13.08 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 50 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.16 | 21.33 | 2.14 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 51 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.12 | 19.67 | 2.24 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 52 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.01 | 19.67 | 1.2 | 2.61 | -0.61 |
| 53 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.87 | 13.25 | -4.4 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.05 | 2.33 | 3.82 | 2.03 | -0.03 |
| 55 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.93 | 4 | 1.12 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.37 | 8 | -7.07 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 57 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.36 | 3 | -0.1 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 58 | Illinois | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.95 | 9 | 16.85 | 1.73 | -0.73 |
| 59 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.55 | 41 | 7.62 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 60 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.26 | 1 | -7.07 | 1.75 | 0.25 |
| 61 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.08 | 24.33 | 11.74 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
| 62 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.03 | -7.67 | 9.56 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 63 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.92 | 4.5 | 4.96 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
| 64 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.77 | 8.5 | 23 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 65 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.42 | 0.5 | 10.93 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 66 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.37 | 2 | 7.94 | 2.29 | -0.29 |
| 67 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.06 | 6 | -1.02 | 2.76 | -0.76 |
| 68 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.76 | 0.5 | 5.31 | 1.09 | -0.09 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 70 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.63 | 23.5 | 5.05 | 1.89 | -0.89 |
| 71 | Rice | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 13 | 7.62 | 1.82 | -0.82 |
| 72 | Furman | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.37 | 28 | 0.81 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 73 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.29 | 13 | 5.79 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 74 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.03 | 5 | 9.62 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 75 | Chicago | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12 | 7.5 | 6.38 | 1.88 | -0.88 |
| 76 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.32 | -1 | -5.63 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 77 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.97 | 5 | -10 | 3.18 | -1.18 |
| 78 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.48 | -18 | 7.47 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 79 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.23 | -3 | 1.12 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 80 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.32 | -24 | 8.36 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 81 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.77 | -2.33 | 15.49 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 82 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.96 | -10 | 18.22 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 83 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.61 | -13 | 16.37 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 84 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.56 | -10 | 13.05 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 85 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -0.99 | -3.33 | -10 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 87 | Southwestern University | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.81 | -6 | 23.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.65 | -21 | 26.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -18.33 | 21.31 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 90 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.8 | -28 | 10.46 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 91 | SMU | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.85 | -60 | 24.03 | 0 | 0 |